4/14/2025 India (International Christian Concern) — Six Christian families were evicted from their homes in a village in the Sukma district of India’s Chhattisgarh state on April 12 for refusing to renounce their faith in Jesus.
Their belongings were loaded on a tractor-trailer, taken outside the village, and thrown in a forest. The families are now living in the forest without shelter, food, or water.
The families put their trust in Christ about seven years ago but only faced persecution recently when the villagers demanded they return to Hinduism.
The six families are among 13 that initially converted to Christianity. Around 400 people from different villages gathered in a special Gram Sabha (autonomous village council) on April 12 to decide the fate of the 13 families.
The village council led by the Sarpanch, or elected head of the village council, demanded that the families who have converted to Christianity should be thrown out of the community as conversion is against the social structure and tradition of the village.
When the Christian families were allowed to present their case, six of the 13 families flatly declared that they would follow Christianity until their death. The other seven families said they would return to Hinduism.
Following this development, the village council unanimously decided to send the six families out for disobeying the order of the Gram Sabha.
Villagers then went to each family’s house and forcefully removed them and their belongings.
Christian leaders believe that the two main political parties in the state, the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is ruling the state, and the opposition Indian National Congress, are both accusing each other of encouraging illegal religious conversions.
So far, they have not shown any evidence to back these claims. Similar claims in the past have encouraged Hindu radicals to attack Christians.
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